i had a house fire, so all i did was wire brush the remaining wood, sprayed paint on it, sanded it and threw on the top coat. I got the best looking rubble on the block! Thanks Wes!

I followed Wes’s instruction for the cerise and the piece came out beautifully! I’m so proud of it. It’s going into the newly remodeled bathroom. Thank you, Wes, for the great video!

Wow I love this combo of the shou sugi ban & cerusing!!!! What a wonderful unique idea!

Very cool, Wes! It’s great to visit your shop and watch you experiment and demonstrate. That’s how clever innovations come about. Raising my morning cuppa joe to you, sir.

I really like how that turned out. I've been doing the burnt grain and stain finish for a while now. One day after finding out I was out of polyurethane, I used some spray shellac I had. That's all I use for that now. The shellac makes the colors really stand out. Definitely going to try this process. Saving this video to my Stain and Finishing playlist. Thank you for the video.

Great experiment that I think turned out great. I'm glad you tried it and shared your experience with us. Thanks!

Great! Looks simple enough to tackle.

Wow I really like that finish, thanks for sharing Wes!

This was just what I was looking for! I live in Japan and loved seeing the Shou Sugi Ban effect and aesthetic on outdoor treatments. I worried it would be too much for indoors. The cerusing combo is perfect! By the way, the three words mean “burned cypress board and the last is pronounced “Bahn ” like autobahn.

I am very happy to have found your videos.

Awesome project Wes. Thanks

Gives a nice weathered barn wood look withe the texturing.

Great video Wes. I'm a fan of both the techniques you used as examples in this video. I use primarily the same technique for producing 'tortured-materials' to build with for various projects. I use most soft woods; pines, douglas fur, ceder, and as for hard woods, I prefer white oak and hickory. I know hickory doesn't receive much recognition apart from furniture and cabinet-inards, but the scorching process really gives it character and depth that it doesn't have naturally, similar to the white oak. I love your teaching style.😎

I love watching your videos, hopefully one day I can try this on something.

Great variation Wes. Will definitely try this.

Squeegee the wet paint and save a lot of work, just fill the low spots.

GREAT WORK AND CRAFTSMANSHIP !!!!!

Great job.

Loving this. When sanding Shou shugi ban, I usually use a series of steel wool 0-000 to sand with whites and lighter tones. Sand paper takes off too much char too quickly IMO. There's a KZfaqr called Inspired Woodcraft that has a good video covering sanding white shou shugi ban. Cheers!

I used a quick water soak then pressure washer to take out the soft wood and it brought the grain right out like this, just as deep. Love experimenting! Inspire woodcraft also does burning then stain.

I was looking for this video thx

Another wonderful video Wes! I would love to get a Makita Wheel Sander, but the price of the replacement brushes is insanely high.

I did this with rustolum spay paint and it turned out great

what about squeegeeing the wet paint to drive it into the grain more and leave less on top to sand back... might help the contrast.

I love all of your videos! I'm going to be doing the ceruseing on my oak floors but I wanted to know what grit of nylon wheel sander you use to get such beautiful outcomes?

Wow, this experiment resulted in a beautiful piece of wood. I just finished a “Jack and Jill” bench (plain and poly), but really want to get into some new finishes that make the grain pop and just make the customers have a hard time deciding which ones to buy.

Great video! I thought no top coat can be applied over Rubio hard wax.

I love it

I've done some pine, nice and soft wood for sugi ban, Redwood works too believe it or not, comes out better just takes longer.

I love it your video!!!!!!!

Interesting stuff Wes! Many years ago (around 40 now) I did a similar thing to my exposed Oregon beams in the new extension I added to the house. It created a pleasing grain contrast and looked trendy back then ;) not so sure about it today though. LoL Anyway I really wanted to ask if you could get your hands on some Blackwood cabinet doors and see how that harder dark wood might turn out Wes.

Great job. This technique works really well on that heavy flat-sawn oak grain. Thanks for vid.

I like that. I have pine white washed crown molding, doors and trim around my kitchen and birch cupboards that we need to make doors for. I like the Shou Sugi Ban but wasn't sure how it would look with the crown molding, but I think you just found the right combination for me. We stained the base cupboards and the first coat looked great, put the second coat of stain on and I don't like it at all. We need to sand them down and either re-stain or paint them. I'm thinking if we stained it chocolate brown, black or charcoal gray and did the Shou Sugi Ban on the doors, using a very plain wood plank door and then a white wash over the Shou Sugi Ban. Any suggestions? So glad you did the experiment, Thanks!

Personally, I still like the cerusing more. I'm going to do my old oak dresser with cerusing. I'm just having a tough time making up my mind on colors.

You could also do a light burn just to bring out the grain then paint

Would it work to either stain or even ebonize then paint and sand instead of burning? I have gotten a dark black brushing on diluted tannic acid, letting it dry, then brushing on homemade iron acetate. Looks dark as burning without all the effort.

Question: I’ve got dark stain oak cabinets. Should I remove the stain first and it’s finished with a stain remover, before I paint it into a ceruse pattern? OR, can I just wire brush the cabinet, and it keep the base of stain color and then white spray paint it to then sand and get the ceruse affect that way?

Hi Wes! Can pine be finished with a ceruse finish and have a great outcome?

I'm trying to do a soft wood beam in yr ceruse white with black but cannot seem to find the write paint in the UK

Do you thin out your paint in the gravity gun and how much?

What if you don't sand so much and only have some black grain show and mostly remains white or grey.

I like it but I’m wondering if you would have used diluted paint or glaze if you would need less elbow grease. Maybe for another tutorial.😉

hello, can you tell me more about the products you use? what kind are they chimically? terms are not always the same in europe... for exemple what you call clear coat is it polyurethane? primer? glaze? it would be cool to do a video describing differences between products, which ones are compatible or not, technical caracteristics and uses... thanks

I live in UK cannot get any paint that gives me the same effecy

Hi Wes, great video. I liked some kitchen cabinets that I saw online in a model home. It seems like a different finish than I have ever seen anywher before. Is there a way you can take a look and maybe guide me to a manufacturer that does. I couldn't find who made them.

Would you do that on the old oak cupboards or stick with just the Ceruse?

Do other primer colors besides white work as well?

What spray gun system do you use? Thanks.

Looks great, but I suspect the pre-treatment with the $600 machine and brush contributed little, if anything, to the final result.

I instinctively blew on my phone trying to blow off the flame once it started to burn 😑

Why can't you use a sander instead of a wire brush?

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Yeah, and that wheel sander costs $619.00, I'd be shopping for other alternatives before spending that much.

Looks like old barn wood

It is spelled Ban but its pronounced Bon.

Look after your lungs!!!! 😳

this is exactly what i'm doing for an extensive remodel we're on :)